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Whale oil, which had longbeen the chief illuminant, was becoming scarce

Whale oil, which had long
been the chief illuminant, was becoming scarce

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Whale oil, which had long been the chief illuminant,
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was becoming scarce.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
01:37:25
Uploaded
May 25, 2025
Genres
documentary
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Movie Summary

Former NATO commander Wesley Clark and son explore economic forces linking various sectors, revealing interconnections that can lead to collapse and potential solutions to untangle them.
In 1850, a lamp capable of efficiently burning - Hot Money 00:08
In 1850, a lamp capable of efficiently burning
- Oil! - Hot Money 00:05
- Oil!
- Early oil production, they used steam power - Hot Money 00:09
- Early oil production, they used steam power
And that's one of the interconnected aspects - Hot Money 00:07
And that's one of the interconnected aspects
We don't have an economy that runs on one form of energy, - Hot Money 00:06
We don't have an economy that runs on one form of energ...
(water splashing) - Hot Money 00:07
(water splashing)
- Part of this equation, - Hot Money 00:10
- Part of this equation,
If you wanna blame industry, - Hot Money 00:05
If you wanna blame industry,
Or maybe part of the equation is, - Hot Money 00:08
Or maybe part of the equation is,
- The vast majority of our individual impact comes from, - Hot Money 00:07
- The vast majority of our individual impact comes from,
These are kinda big structural issues - Hot Money 00:08
These are kinda big structural issues
- We live in an energy consumption society. - Hot Money 00:05
- We live in an energy consumption society.
And the way to look at things, - Hot Money 00:10
And the way to look at things,
We have to be aware that everything costs energy, - Hot Money 00:05
We have to be aware that everything costs energy,
- This is not what public space looks like in the U.S, - Hot Money 00:09
- This is not what public space looks like in the U.S,
- And that doesn't strangely require gasoline. - Hot Money 00:06
- And that doesn't strangely require gasoline.
- The question is, can we replace - Hot Money 00:08
- The question is, can we replace
It raises enormous debates - Hot Money 00:14
It raises enormous debates
If you mean that you can satisfy people's greed - Hot Money 00:09
If you mean that you can satisfy people's greed
If you mean renewable energy could produce - Hot Money 00:12
If you mean renewable energy could produce